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COQUET (coquetted, coquetting)

Dictionary entry overview: What does coquet mean?

• COQUET (verb)
The verb COQUET has 1 sense:

1. talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions

Familiarity information: COQUET used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• COQUET (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

chat up; coquet; coquette; flirt; mash; philander; butterfly; dally; romance

Context examples:

The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries / My husband never flirts with other women

Hypernyms (to "coquet" is one way to...):

speak; talk (exchange thoughts; talk with)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "coquet"):

wanton (engage in amorous play)

vamp (act seductively with (someone))

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

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